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Panelists:
Prof. Kevin Brown
Indiana University
Maurer School of Law
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Hon. Sharon Coleman
U.S. District Court,
Northern District of Illinois
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Sharon Jones
Principal
Jones Diversity LLC
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Leslie Richards-Yellen
Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
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10:30 am – 10:45 am
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BREAK
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10:45:00 am – 11:45 pm
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MORNING BREAK-OUT SESSIONS
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Building Your Own Empire
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Moderator:
Danielle Thomas McCain
Principal Attorney
Thomas McCain Law LLC
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Panelists:
Yao Dinizulu
Partner
Dinizulu Law Group, Ltd.
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Victor Henderson
Partner
Henderson Adam, LLC
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Eileen Letts
Partner
Greene & Letts
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Daryl Parks
President, National Bar Association
Partner
Parks & Crump, LLC
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Pursuing Academic Appointments
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Moderator:
Connie Davis-Powell
Professor
Baylor Law School
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Panelists:
Linda Crane
Professor
The John Marshall Law School
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Linda Greene
Professor
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Yolanda King
Professor
Northern Illinois University School of Law
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Danielle Holley Walker
Professor
South Carolina School of Law
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Race, Prison and Poverty
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Moderator:
Professor Theodore Shaw
Columbia University Law School,
Former Director-General and President of the
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
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Panelists:
MiAngel Cody
Attorney
Federal Defender
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Lisa Monet Wayne
President
National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
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Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Professor
Indiana University
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Working It Out: What You Need to Know About Corporate Bankruptcy and Restructurings
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Moderator:
Tiffany Woodie
Partner
Neal Gerber & Eisenberg
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Panelists:
Laverne Horton
Associate
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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Mercedes McFarland
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
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Kerriann S. Mills
Associate
Sidley Austin LLP
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11:45 pm – 12:00 pm
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BREAK
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12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
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LUNCHEON PROGRAM
A Conversation with Civil Rights Leader Elaine R. Jones
Former Director-General and President of the
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
With an interview of Ms. Jones by the Honorable Ann Claire Williams
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
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2:00 pm – 2:15 pm
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BREAK
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2:15 pm - 3:15 pm
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EARLY AFTERNOON SESSIONS
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Black Women Lawyers and Our Health and Wellness
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Presenter:
Bishop Horace E. Smith, M.D. (invited)
Pediatric Hematologist and Oncologist
Children’s Memorial Hospital
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Financial Planning – How Stuffed is Your Piggy Bank?
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Moderator:
Deborah B. Cole
Partner
Hoogendoorn & Talbot LLP
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Panelists:
Mark Fuller
Principal
Manager of Wealth LLC
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Toi Salter
Principal
Signature Real Estate Group LLC
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Your Career: A Journey or a Destination?
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Moderator:
Hon. Patricia Brown Holmes (Ret.)
Partner
Schiff Hardin LLP
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Panelists:
Dorothy Capers
Associate General Counsel
US Foods, Inc.
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Jeremiah A. DeBerry
Director of Diversity
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
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Z. Scott
Partner
Kaye Scholer LLP
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BWLA YOUNG LAWYERS COMMITTEE SPEED NETWORKING/RESUME BANK PROGRAM
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